4 of us. I've been using it for about 3 years with no major complaints. Only 1 support issue in that time, that was a bit of a struggle, but all worked out. My current employment had Norton when I came in. Caught absolutely nothing, notified absolutely no one. Dozens of machines were infected with some kind of virus or Trojan.
McAfee GS does have an option not to send a message to the recipient. I personally leave it on as it keeps everyone on their toes. Reminds them that it is an ongoing problem so they follow recommended practices when using email. In the end, good user sense is infinitely more valuable than any scanner. I'll take the handful of calls asking "What does this mean?" over the calls that take hours of my time to clean up infected machines any day. User complacency is not my friend. As far as updates, I usually get an update the same a day a virus is rated high. The klez.g was a good example pointed out below. They had a definition that caught it 4 definitions ago. Some of the other vendors were scrambling to get one out when it emerged as a threat last week. However, from what I've seen they all miss the boat sometimes, are occasionally behind in release for a new threat or release a buggy definition. They all seem to come out about equal on those issues. Best Regards, Dan Bartley Senior MIS Manager -----Original Message----- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 19:22 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: McAfee GroupShield 5.0 and Exchange 5.5 SP4 Damn, ok, there are three of you... -------------------------------------------- Don Ely Network Engineer Tripath Imaging, Inc. (336) 290-8293 - Direct (336) 516-4519 - Mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email http://www.tripathimaging.com -----Original Message----- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: McAfee GroupShield 5.0 and Exchange 5.5 SP4 Geez, my Mcafee is catching even the newest Klez and others, I think it's great! Murray -----Original Message----- From: Majetic, John RAME [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: McAfee GroupShield 5.0 and Exchange 5.5 SP4 McCrappie it the nick name it's gotten at my place since it has let through almost every virus conceivable in. Outbreak protection is next to useless, support site sucks. Major virus warnings are announced on their site, with the added info that an update will be ready in a few days. Will tell you it cleaned a virus when it didn't. When it Quarantines a message it just quarantines the attachment, but sends a message on to the recipient, So I still get numerous calls from the users. Since it sends out a message to the intended recipient, and to the admin for each virus received it is almost worse than having nothing, because your server is twice as busy. Never has crashed the system, but that's about all I can say good about it. Go with Trend or Antigen, and go home early. Go with McAfee, and go with God. You'll need him. John Majetic -----Original Message----- From: Richardson, Roy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: McAfee GroupShield 5.0 and Exchange 5.5 SP4 Any gotchas anyone one had with running McAfee GroupShield 5.0 on Exchange 5.5 SP4? Management has backed me into the corner and I am forced to finally install some type of anti-virus on the Email server. Any tips, tricks, hints, or allegations would be appreciated. Roy Richardson Webmaster/System Administrator Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
